Spiced Hot Chocolate is a more savory alternative to traditional hot chocolate. This homemade mix has some warming spices that make it a perfect winter drink. The spices make it a bit different from what most people are used to. This mix is great to keep on hand or gift to family, friends, or […]
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A simple compound herb butter adds extra flavor to almost anything you would use regular butter for. This recipe uses simple ingredients that most people have in their pantry any time of year. Our family loves bread. Once I started making homemade sourdough bread, we would have bread with most of our meals. I slice
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Why is wassail the perfect holiday drink? Because it’s great for a crowd. It’s made from cheap ingredients, so it’s budget-friendly, no alcohol, it’s kid-friendly, and it’s full of warming spices, perfect for the winter season! Additionally, the hands-on time for this drink is less than 10 minutes, so it is great if you
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A beginner’s garlic harvest is not exactly a huge feat when you look at the scheme of gardeners everywhere, but this was our first time intentionally planting and harvesting garlic. I think that seeing what a beginner’s garlic harvest looks like can be encouraging and motivating to prepare yourself for next summer. This post is
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Mini peanut butter cheesecakes require only a few ingredients and only a half hour of hands-on time to produce a large quantity of a tasty and beautiful treat that will be hard to stop eating. I made these desserts in pie form when I went to a friend’s house, and we loved it so
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Preserving butternut squash when you don’t have a root cellar is a simple process that, although time-consuming, is worth it in the end! I spent a lot of time this summer researching how to preserve, cure, and store butternut squash. Last year we had a poor squash harvest. I thought that I had done a
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I’ve been making sourdough bread for 2 years now. In the realm of sourdough, that is not a lot of time at all. I hesitated for a long time to even try writing this post because I don’t want people to think that I view myself as an expert in sourdough. I don’t. This
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A chocolate chip cookie pie was introduced to me several years ago by a sweet friend. I don’t remember the occasion or who else was there, I just remember loving both the taste and the idea. We enjoy chocolate chip cookies and those are great to make when we have to bring a dessert
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This chicken soup happened by accident in my house. It’s fall and we were in the mood for soup so I was going to make a chicken noodle soup. I diced up the traditional beginnings of most soup, my carrots, celery, and onions, and started sauteing them. Then I thought that I would like
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Have you you ever craved a cookie, eaten one that looks like it’ll hit the spot, but then, because it’s not filling enough you end up eating four, five, or six in a sitting? These cookies are the solution to that problem. At least for me! Quarter cookies have a little bit of everything